The Neuro-Cognitive Education Project (NEP), a cognitive reeducation program for the head-injured child, was evaluated. Results indicated differential increases on certain measures of adaptive functioning among the intervention group but little improvement in cognitive functioning. (DB)

Argues that the development of a successful program in a small sociology department reflects a joint accommodation of the institution's mission, the student constituency, resources, and the program philosophy of its faculty. (BSR)

Presents a research-based model for human resource development effectiveness. Model standards specify that the HRD function has (1) the ability to diagnose problems, (2) the support of the corporate mission and culture, (3) a commitment to strategic planning and support for organizational change, (4) clearly defined staff roles and…

Looks at three issues related to management education and development in Great Britain: (1) where responsibility should be for initiating and coordinating action; (2) who should pay for postgraduate management education; and (3) how should the question of quality be addressed. (JOW)

Discusses the effectiveness of a program for reducing mathematics anxiety for nontraditional-age female students. Suggests that the combined approach of reducing mathematics anxiety and improving mathematics skills is successful. (Author/ABB)

The author examines a team development approach to management that creates shared commitments to performance improvement by focusing the attention of managers on individual workers and their task accomplishments. It uses the "high-performance equation" to help managers confront shared beliefs and concerns about performance and develop realistic…

The Rokeach Value Survey, which requires ranking two sets of 18 values, was administered to 24 Israeli paraprofessionals before and after a 16-week training program on disability-related topics. Four terminal values (wisdom, self-respect, equality, sense of accomplishment) and three instrumental values (polite, helpful, clean) rose in importance.…

Changes in the education of exceptional children have placed new demands on physicians and teachers to work together. A review of educational and medical literature on physician/teacher collaboration indicates that collaboration is necessary, desirable, and possible. Suggestions for improving collaboration are provided. (Author/DF)

Graduate students from minority cultures were surveyed to assess their academic views of themselves and their perceptions of others' views of their academic ability. Overall, the students strongly support Student Affirmative Action (SAA), however, they believed SAA has been only marginally effective in helping minorities. (Author/BL)

The author presents and discusses some basic characteristics of effective coalitions. These characteristics include clearly defined mission, emphasis of common ideology and goals, equal power among groups, effective leadership, overlapping interests and frequent member contacts, image of power, variable resources, and appropriate termination. (CT)

This study compared the effectiveness of a process-oriented, functional approach and a skills-oriented, developmental approach to adult literacy. Results showed that both types of programs were effective in teaching adults to read and demonstrated the viability of a process-oriented, functional approach as an alternative to widely used skills…

A six-hour developmental program was evaluated using alternate forms of the highly validated Personal Skills Map. The differences in participants' scores showed increases in self-esteem, comfort, and management skills (p is less than .00), while aggression (p=.05) and deference (p is less than .00) decreased. (Author/CT)

Reports on a survey of community college chief student personnel officers, which focused on the comprehensiveness of student service program offerings and the relative contribution of the program to designated purposes. Reveals that purposes related to student development were subordinate to those related to delivery of services. (DMM)

This article provides information about teaching keyboarding as a one-week course. Before discussing the results of the one-week course, however, the differences between keyboarding and typewriting are addressed, as well as the appropriate content of a true keyboarding course. (CT)

Drawing on his long experience of Africa, the author discusses what needs to be done and what needs to be avoided to ensure that labor-intensive special public works programs yield tangible and lasting results. (Author)